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Safety index · Brooklyn, New York · data through March 2026

Is Fort Greene safe?

Fort Greene records a high level of reported crime for New York City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 23 out of 100 — 10 points below the citywide median of 33, ranking 174th of 197 NYC neighborhoods — based on 2,080 incidents reported to the NYPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center (data through March 2026).

23/100
High risk
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Fort Greene — higher is safer. 174th of 197 NYC neighborhoods.

Most of what's reported here is property-related — other theft alone is 38% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.

Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 27% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 16% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

neighborhood center 1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe 500 m N ↑
2,080 incidents reported within 1 km of the Fort Greene center (500 shown) · NYPD data through March 2026 · basemap: NYC Open Data. Reports cluster toward the south-west of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.

What's reported here

Other theft
798 · 38%
Public order
396 · 19%
Violent crime
206 · 10%
Other
279 · 13%
Criminal damage & arson
96 · 5%
Drugs
85 · 4%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from NYPD incident timestamps.

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Common questions

Is Fort Greene safe at night?

High risk overall (safety index 23/100). About 43% of severity-weighted incidents in Fort Greene are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.

What is the most common crime in Fort Greene?

Other theft — 798 of 2,080 incidents (38%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center through March 2026.

How is the Fort Greene safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the NYPD by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety.